WEBVTT 00:00:01.053 --> 00:00:03.053 Great! 00:00:04.077 --> 00:00:08.077 It might take a bit of time because we’re currently dealing with a different topic. 00:00:11.036 --> 00:00:16.096 Workshops are always dealt with immediately because workshops often have a customer 00:00:16.096 --> 00:00:19.563 who wants to get their Unimog back on the road or back to work. 00:00:19.587 --> 00:00:24.232 If someone’s restoring a Unimog and wants to know the colour that was used 30 years ago, 00:00:24.232 --> 00:00:27.235 that can wait a week or a couple of days, for example. 00:00:27.235 --> 00:00:33.878 That sort of thing is often a project spanning several months or years. 00:00:39.556 --> 00:00:44.775 The great thing about the Unimog is that it starts where others have to stop. 00:00:44.775 --> 00:00:53.798 I always say that if you need to drive a bucket loader or sand somewhere, one truck is enough. 00:00:58.593 --> 00:01:02.986 It often occurs that people don’t even have a Unimog yet and they end up calling us. 00:01:03.010 --> 00:01:07.898 Then at times, you have to weigh up how best to use your time 00:01:07.898 --> 00:01:11.092 and after half an hour you just have to make it clear and say something like: "OK, well, I’m afraid I need to carry on 00:01:11.092 --> 00:01:14.131 answering my e-mails now though. 00:01:14.155 --> 00:01:17.155 But when you do get a Unimog, feel free to get back in touch with us." 00:01:21.903 --> 00:01:26.387 What’s fun is knowing that you’re actually only dealing with customers who are 100 % happy 00:01:26.387 --> 00:01:33.887 with their Unimog. It’s their hobby, fun and passion, their purpose in life. 00:01:33.887 --> 00:01:37.386 It’s about driving their Unimog and giving it a second lease on life. And it’s really fun to be a part of that. 00:01:37.386 --> 00:01:42.719 It’s completely different to what you experience working in the regular service department. 00:01:44.052 --> 00:01:49.640 I started training in 1974 and then in 1975 I ended up in the customer service workshops 00:01:49.640 --> 00:01:54.373 and was able to ride along at the test track in Sauberg. 00:01:54.397 --> 00:02:01.838 And there was one guy there who later became my colleague, and I was able to ride along with him for a tour along the Sauberg. 00:02:01.838 --> 00:02:05.734 It gave me the Unimog virus! 00:02:09.434 --> 00:02:18.774 Every single Unimog that is kept alive and which then goes to Unimog meetings transports the Unimog brand further. 00:02:18.774 --> 00:02:21.725 And that means a lot of emotion on the road. 00:02:21.725 --> 00:02:24.724 And when you see everything that’s at the Unimog meetings, when the people turn up: 00:02:24.724 --> 00:02:30.810 it’s really impressive how many people fall in love with the vehicle there. 00:02:35.019 --> 00:02:39.726 When I was 20 I bought a Unimog 411. 00:02:39.750 --> 00:02:43.149 Then I started with the 406 model. 00:02:43.149 --> 00:02:46.593 And then the third one came my way, and I just couldn’t say no; 00:02:46.593 --> 00:02:47.883 it’s a big one – a 427 model. 00:02:47.883 --> 00:02:52.534 And finally, I also got myself a really nice old Unimog, 00:02:53.129 --> 00:02:58.289 an old Boehringer from 1949, so it’s even a bit older than me. 00:03:02.785 --> 00:03:05.404 I was a young lad and went to see a friend who lived round the corner, 00:03:05.428 --> 00:03:09.052 and he had a Schuco Unimog model, one for transporting logs. 00:03:09.076 --> 00:03:15.906 And from that point on, I dreamed of the Unimog, although I never bought myself one. 00:03:15.930 --> 00:03:22.197 But from then on, the first 411 which I saw there was actually ... yes. 00:03:29.903 --> 00:03:33.173 The Unimog vehicles which we previously looked after had to earn their money 00:03:33.197 --> 00:03:38.772 or had to make money. But the people we look after today have a Unimog just as their hobby. 00:03:38.796 --> 00:03:44.825 But in terms of emotions, it can actually be worse in some respects compared to those where they’re just used to make money. 00:03:49.150 --> 00:03:52.221 A Unimog has many lives. Unlike us humans. 00:03:52.245 --> 00:03:55.300 We just have one, but the Unimog has many. 00:04:05.180 --> 00:04:09.322 I’m Paul Schneider and I work in the Unimog former model series advice team 00:04:09.346 --> 00:04:13.873 and I’m a true Unimog fan. I’d like to say happy birthday to the Unimog and all of its friends, 00:04:13.897 --> 00:04:16.920 I hope their success continues. 00:04:22.643 --> 00:04:26.824 My name is Karl Leib and I work at the Unimog Museum where I am responsible for technical advice. 00:04:26.848 --> 00:04:33.737 I’d like to say happy 75th birthday to the Unimog! Keep on trucking!